Renewal is an organization that helps people with chronic kidney disease who need a transplant, guiding patients and their families through the full kidney transplant process. They support individuals from the point of diagnosis of irreversible kidney failure, helping them navigate medical decisions, understand transplant options, and cope with the challenges of their condition. Renewal has developed into a central address for kidney-related support, and its services are offered free of charge to those in need.

For patients, Renewal focuses on both practical and emotional support. They help people in renal failure find living kidney donors by maintaining a database of individuals who are interested in donating and by continuously working to recruit new donors. Renewal also assists patients in creating social media campaigns and community events to raise awareness about their need for a kidney, and provides ongoing encouragement as they move through evaluation, matching, and transplant. Patients are connected with a community of successful transplant recipients, offering peer support alongside medical guidance.

For donors, Renewal provides structured guidance from the first inquiry through recovery after surgery. The organization matches potential donors with patients in need, introduces them to hospital transplant coordinators, and follows up to ensure that medical evaluations and logistics move forward smoothly. While they do not provide payment for organs, Renewal helps cover ancillary expenses related to donation—such as lost wages, travel, food, and other out-of-pocket costs—often in coordination with regional transplant networks. Donors can also receive practical support during recovery, including assistance with personal care, housekeeping, meals, nursing, and shopping when needed.

A distinctive feature of Renewal is its kidney donor registry and its work in complex transplant arrangements. The organization maintains a growing databank of potential donors and collaborates closely with transplant centers, to the point that many major centers seek out Renewal for information and support. Renewal facilitated the first international kidney swap and is working toward models in which kidneys are shipped overseas so that donors and recipients in different locations can be successfully matched. Its network serves men, women, and children of varied ages, with recipients and donors coming from multiple countries, including the United States, Canada, Israel, England, and Brazil.